8 material differences · fewer than 12

Tractor oneFendt 208 S2003–2009No measured PTO figureTractor twoFendt 208 VA/VA-breit2002–2009No measured PTO figure

Which should you choose?

We will not advise between these two machines, because their unladen weight differs by more than 25% (27%). The figures below are side by side so you can judge them yourself; each says whether it was measured, claimed or declared by its source.

Field by field

8 material differences · 4 fields identical or within 5%, which is not counted as material

Fendt 208 S and Fendt 208 VA/VA-breit, field by field
Field208 S208 VA/VA-breitGap
Engine
Engine power, claimed claimed79 hp79 hp—
Engine declaredDeutz BF 4 L 914——
Displacement declared4.31 L——
Maximum torque declared250 lb·ft · 339 N·m234 lb·ft · 317 N·m+7% 208 S
Transmission
Top speed declared24.9 mph · 40 km/h21.7 mph · 35 km/h+14% 208 S
Clutch declaredDry multi-plate clutchDry multi-disc clutchdiffers
Hydraulics & hitch
Hydraulic control declared—Load sensing—
Pump flow declared—19.5 gpm · 74.0 L/min—
Rear PTO speeds declared540 rpm / 1000 rpm540/750/1000 rpmdiffers
Weight & dimensions
Unladen weight declared7,099 lb · 3,220 kg5,611 lb · 2,545 kg+27% 208 S
Maximum permissible mass declared11,684 lb · 5,300 kg8,818 lb · 4,000 kg+33% 208 S
Wheelbase declared87.9 in · 2,232 mm83.8 in · 2,128 mm—
Length declared145.5 in · 3,695 mm139.8 in · 3,550 mm—
Width declared77.3 in · 1,963 mm45.5–47.0 in · 1,155–1,193 mmdiffers
Ground clearance declared15.6 in · 395 mm8.7 in · 220 mm+80% 208 S
Fuel tank declared75.0 qt · 71 L74.0 qt · 70 L—

Height is not in this table. It is not one measurement: the sources measure it to different points — over the cab on some machines, over the steering wheel or the exhaust on others — and the same tractor measured two ways can differ by most of a metre. It appears here only when both machines' figures carry the point they were measured to and it is the same point, which is not the case for these two. Each machine's own page prints its height as its source gives it.

Fendt 208 S sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Fendt Farmer 208 S”

Fendt 208 VA/VA-breit sources

Source
  • Source: Traktorenlexikon, “Fendt Farmer 208 V/VA”